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The Man in Me

Bob Dylan

from the album New Morning released in 1970

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Lyrics

Intro

    | G . . . | C C/B Am7 . | D . C . | G . . . |
    | G . . . | C   .  .  . | D . . . | G . . . |
                             (start "La la la la la..." on the first C)


Verse

    G                        C       C/B   Am7 
    The man in me will do... nearly  any   task
        D            C                C               G 
    And as for compensation, there is little he would ask
           G                     C 
    Take a woman like you to get through
           C/D        G 
    To the man in me

    Storm clouds a-ragin', all around my door
    I think to myself I might not take it anymore
    Take a woman like your kind to find 
    The man in me


Bridge

            Am                   G 
        But oh, what a wonderful feeling
        Just to know that you are near
        Sets my a-heart a reeling
                Am            D7 
        From my toes up to my ears

    The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from being seen
    But that's just because he doesn't want to turn into some machine
    Take a woman like you to get through
    To the man in me

    La la la la la... (same chords as intro)

Notes & Tabs

Chords used:

e-|----3----0-----0------3-----2-----|---0----|-----0-----2----
B-|----0----1-----1------1-----3-----|---1----|-----1-----1----
G-|----0----0-----0------0-----2-----|---0----|-----2-----2----
D-|----0----2-----0------2-----0-----|---0----|-----2-----0----
A-|----2----3-----2------0-----------|--------|-----0----------
E-|----3-----------------------------|--------|----------------
       G    C    C/B    Am7    D        C/D         Am    D7

Chord Progressions

Intro

"La la la la la..."
| G . . . | C C/B Am7 . | D . C . | G . . . |
| G . . . | C   .  .  . | D . . . | G . . . |

Verse

"The man in me will do..."
| G . . . | C C/B Am7 . | D . C . | G . . . |
| G . . . | C  .  C/D . | G . . . | G . . . |

Bridge

"But oh, what a wonderful feeling..."
| Am . . . | G  . . . |
| Am . . . | G  . . . |
| Am . . . | G  . . . |
| Am . . . | D7 . . . |

Song Info

Song: The Man in Me
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: New Morning
Year: 1970
Label: Columbia

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My name is David Potsiadlo, and I created Songnotes to share my collection of guitar tabs, chords, and lyrics for my favorite songs.

Since I started playing guitar over 10 years ago, I've often been frustrated by the preponderance of mediocre and incomplete song tabs littered across the internet. To combat this, I started keeping my own collection of notes for each song I learn -- always taking the extra time to make sure accuracy and completeness are never compromised. Years later, my collection grew to the point where I knew I had to share it online with fellow aspiring musicians.

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